Scout posters: Josh Furman injured in playoff game

I just noticed a thread over on Scout that Josh Furman was injured in a playoff game, and some are calling the injury "serious." Somebody referred to an ankle while others were calling it a knee injury. Anybody know anything more definitive? Tom?

to hear... i'm not a doctor but i have hurt both my knees enough to know that odds are his knee might have popped out of joint and popped right back in. trust me it hurts like hell. it happened to me in gym class in HS while playing basketball.

I'm not a doctor either, but unlike shoulders and elbows, I dont think knees generally dislocate and then pop back into place (though kneecaps can). What you're describing sounds like the feeling you get from torn meniscus (cartilage) in your knee. The torn meniscus will flip over or slide out of place making it difficult to put weight on it or straighten it, then often slide back into place and feel normal, giving the feeling you're referring to.

This may or may not be what hampered Furman. If it is, then it can usually be fixed with arthroscopic surgery that simply cleans out the torn cartilage. The recovery time for that is about a month, but often less. On the other hand, he may have torn his MCL, but I am unsure about the recovery time for that as compared to an ACL.

This happened to me my senior year wrestling season. Every practice, nearly every match this would happen to me. never really told anybody until it randomly popped out in study hall and couldn't walk. Turned out i had a partially torn ACL and torn meniscus. It's definitely scary the first time.

Also not a doctor, but since I've had both injuries at issue, I can assure you that the knee joint can dislocate and pop back in. For me, it was more like the lower leg popping out of joint (not the kneecap, which i believe is a much more serious injury). I went down grabbed at my leg and shoved it back into place. Hurt like hell and was swollen for a couple weeks, but within about 4-6 months, without any real rehab, i was back to 100%.

Lets just wait until an actual Dr. does diagnose it. Speculation about another person's body wont really get you anywhere. He could have done pretty much anything to his knee but until it is confirmed we're just comparing how our bodies responded to some injury not his. We recruit despite injury anyway, lets just hope he picks M because our doctors and sports medicine group will be able to get him going.

I strained the MCL in my right knee ("pop"), after my motorcycle took a "dirt nap", last summer. It felt pretty bad for a few days but healed quickly (2 months) after some physical therapy. If that's what Josh's injury is, he should be just fine.